Employment Law Commentary

April 11, 2024 - Pay Equity
Maryland Poised to Continue Trend of Jurisdictions Mandating Pay Transparency in Job Postings
By: Andrew R. Turnbull and Keniece Y. Gray
Maryland is seeking to become the latest jurisdiction to require companies to disclose pay in job postings. On March 29, 2024, the Maryland Senate approved House Bill 649, Labor and Employment – Equal Pay for Equal Work – Wage Range Transparency (“HB 649”). If signed by
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January 31, 2024 - Pay Equity, Department of Labor (DOL), OFCCP
Proposed Rule Seeks to Mandate Pay Transparency and Ban Using Salary History for Federal Contractors
By: Andrew R. Turnbull and Keniece Y. Gray
On January 29, 2024, the Biden administration issued a Proposed Rule that would prohibit federal contractors from seeking and considering compensation history when making employment decisions and require contractors to disclose compensation being offered in job postings. If implemented, the requirements will apply broadly to
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June 21, 2023 - Pay Equity, Discrimination
Key Updates for UK Employers: What Needs to be on Your Radar for the Second Half of 2023
By: Annabel Gillham, Oliver Spratt and Lara M. King
The last few months have seen some important and significant developments in UK employment law. Amongst other things, we have seen new guidance published on ethnicity pay gap reporting , positive action , and employee rights to access personal information. Additional protections for parents
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January 23, 2023 - Pay Equity
New Guidance on California's Pay Transparency Law
By: Andrew R. Turnbull
With California’s new pay transparency and pay reporting obligations under S.B. 1162 now in effect, employers are seeking answers on various open questions for complying with the new law. As we previously reported, S.B. 1162 requires employers with 15 or more employees to include
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October 03, 2022 - Pay Equity, Legislation
California Adds to the Trend of States Requiring Greater Pay Transparency
By: Andrew R. Turnbull
On September 27, 2022, California’s Governor signed S.B. 1162, making significant changes to California’s existing pay transparency and reporting laws and joining the growing trend of jurisdictions requiring companies to disclose their pay ranges in job postings. Starting in 2023, S.B. 1162 adds several
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May 26, 2022 - EEOC, Pay Equity, OFCCP
Navigating Pay Equity and Transparency Compliance During the Great Resignation
By: Andrew R. Turnbull and Eric Gebert
With a record breaking 4.5 million Americans quitting their jobs in March 2022, the Great Resignation has created a tension between meeting the increased business demand for talent, and compliance with the growing patchwork of pay equity and transparency laws. Numerous states and localities
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March 06, 2017 - Pay Equity
The Movement For Equal Pay In The Workplace: Progressive State Laws Carry The Torch
Although strides have been made over the past few decades to achieve pay equity for women and other protected classes of individuals, the facts (and the sentiment expressed in the above quote) make clear that there is still a ways to go. Indeed, new
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Topic Archives: Pay Equity

Maryland Poised to Continue Trend of Jurisdictions Mandating Pay Transparency in Job Postings

By: Andrew R. Turnbull and Keniece Y. Gray

Proposed Rule Seeks to Mandate Pay Transparency and Ban Using Salary History for Federal Contractors

By: Andrew R. Turnbull and Keniece Y. Gray

Key Updates for UK Employers: What Needs to be on Your Radar for the Second Half of 2023

By: Annabel Gillham, Oliver Spratt and Lara M. King

New Guidance on California's Pay Transparency Law

By: Andrew R. Turnbull

California Adds to the Trend of States Requiring Greater Pay Transparency

By: Andrew R. Turnbull

Navigating Pay Equity and Transparency Compliance During the Great Resignation

By: Andrew R. Turnbull and Eric Gebert

The Movement For Equal Pay In The Workplace: Progressive State Laws Carry The Torch